Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in China , people talk with horror of children playing games we happily permit in the West : teasing and even hitting an older relative , for example , to see them pretend pain and fear . |
| 2 | It does n't take much of an imagination to see them supplying Windows NT instead of , or as well as , DOS when the time comes . |
| 3 | It is not fanciful ( we have the evidence of the fifteenth-century French lord , Jean de Bueil , to show it ) to see them discussing war , its dangers , its ‘ occasions ’ rather as men today recall political or sporting occasions over a drink . |
| 4 | Luke seemed to lose no opportunity of parting her and Rob whenever he found them together , as if he could n't bear to see them slacken pace . |
| 5 | To see them annihilate all-comers in the Scottish League only serves to confirm our prejudices about the infirmity of their national football . |
| 6 | That is why that man said you will not get any more special offers on a Fri Saturday night because they ca n't sell it on a Sunday so you used to see them selling things off on a Saturday five o'clock . |
| 7 | Unfortunately living in Ireland I do n't see much of the team but I was lucky enough to be in Southampton a few weeks ago to see them beat Southampton about the head a little . |
| 8 | Fold the sides into the pleats and bring them to lay side by side along the top edge of the swag , pinning and handstitching them securely in position , as previously planned . |
| 9 | Second , Compact involves students in setting and monitoring their own goals and hence encourages them to take responsibility for their own success or failure . |
| 10 | It helps pupils express emotions and explore personal feelings : it encourages them to make sense of different situations and different points of view , to practise negotiating successfully with others , and to cope with — and resolve — new situations . |
| 11 | I remember Menuhin writing that Karajan protects his musicians , sees they are well paid , ensures the quality of their instruments , encourages them to play chamber music , and generally boosts their morale … |
| 12 | One of the teachers , Jen Tirebuck , said : ‘ It develops their curiosity about science and encourages them to raise questions and seek their own answers . ’ |
| 13 | After all it was I who recommended them to use Nadirpur . ’ |
| 14 | Diesel park West sent us incredible demo tapes , but I would not do a deal without seeing them perform live. , |
| 15 | His team are already 4–2 down to Moscow Spartak and , after seeing them allow Tottenham to win a game well in Liverpool 's grasp , Souness said : ‘ I 'm disappointed because it is my job on the line . |
| 16 | In the Muslim world their impotence made them perfect harem guards and they rose to power as chamberlains , governors and even generals . |
| 17 | On occasion the underlying philosophy was extremely crude , recommending that ‘ if you provided them with footballs and made them kick footballs , they would not be so inclined to kick policemen in the street ’ . |
| 18 | Something about the way he said it made them pay attention . |
| 19 | That he was so successful was not because his dancers were technical experts , but because he made them feel Rachmaninov 's passionate love of ‘ music as movement ’ . |
| 20 | Professor Geoffrey Codd of Dundee University said an in depth study of the algae and what made them produce toxins was needed . |
| 21 | Rasped the feet all up , and blacked them with black ; made them look spick and span . |
| 22 | In reality most of the complaints came from those whose nature made them dislike change at any time , while the comments of other critics had a political bias . |
| 23 | When she made them swap horses in their lessons , he refused point-blank . |
| 24 | So far as the malais were concerned , it also made them like Martinho more , in the political rather than personal sense . |
| 25 | The brothers ' opulent and sybaritic lifestyle soon made them take chances . |
| 26 | And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen . |
| 27 | A small number said that pressure of work made them take risks . |
| 28 | Before that all the students had taken a course which qualified them to teach children for their first five years in school . |
| 29 | From an early age I expected them to do things for themselves , and sometimes for me , and when they snivelled about their friends having kind and conscientious mothers who changed their sheets and made fruit pies , I said ‘ Some day , when you 're at Sunderland Polytechnic and living by your wits , you 'll thank me . ’ |
| 30 | He will demand that the Syrians stop arming the rebels and allowing them to penetrate Turkey across their border , and is also expected to ask them to hand over Damascus-based Mr Abdullah Ocalan , leader of the Marxist PKK . |